it depends on final total--if alissa medals in 3rd she is in regardless of who wins.she will have 26 to a 24.
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alissa finishes 4th depends on who wins, kiira, mirai, cynthia-depends on final total
alissa 24 and theyw ill have 24 so will go down to final score.
i just hope alissa medals comes in 3rd --hoping for 2nd praying for 1st for alissa.

Sorry to see the French girls in the last 3 spots. I'm sure Meite and Marrocco were nervous, first GP in front of their home crowd, and Didier was a bit underscored, but probably would have landed in 8-10 anyways.

I thinbk so. She was clearly gliding on an inside edge into it and switched just barely on an outside edge right on the take-off. If I was a judge, I would've nailed her for sure...

What, for gliding in on an inside edge? But tons of skaters do that...Rachael I believe has the most prominent inside-to-outside lutz technique...it's...unique

But I think Mirai really needs to fix that lutz, it's just barely a flutz/flat edge, I remember watching I think Robin Cousins at the Olympics and he said that her lutz was one of the few that could be corrected.

Mao is not doing great. I think she should have taken the season off, after her roller coaster ride last year. If she really need to rework all her jump, take one or two season off. =( if she keep blowing up all her jumps, not even her PCS will save her at national.

What I would like to know is why are Mirai's PCS scores are not at least in the 7's. She has very nice presentation and transitions. Her Ina Bauer into the double axel is beautiful. I still think her spins are better than the others even with the problems today.

What I would like to know is why are Mirai's PCS scores are not at least in the 7's. She has very nice presentation and transitions. Her Ina Bauer into the double axel is beautiful. I still think her spins are better than the others even with the problems today.

She's slowly but surely moving up there. Her SS was 7 and her IN was higher than that, forgot the exact number though (it was barely above 7). Everything else was very high sixes, in the 6.9s expect transitions with still was a relatively high 6.

What, for gliding in on an inside edge? But tons of skaters do that...Rachael I believe has the most prominent inside-to-outside lutz technique...it's...unique

But I think Mirai really needs to fix that lutz, it's just barely a flutz/flat edge, I remember watching I think Robin Cousins at the Olympics and he said that her lutz was one of the few that could be corrected.

Interesting. I bet she is working on it but it's not so easy. It must be so complicated - do I concentrate on fixing my lutz or accomplishing a triple triple? Can I do both?
Mirai is clearly suffering from her late training start. Not only has she been unable to iron out kinks that kept from her reaching the top last season but now the parts of her skating that were already top-notch - speed and spins - are a bit off. I hope Janetfan is right and that she will at least recover those elements by nats.

I predict two scenarios tomorrow:

1. Kiira. Shocks by giving a clean long, judges go gaga and give her an astronomical score.
2. Mirai. Channels her annoyance about her SP score into a "oh-yeah-i'll-show-them" cleanish peformance that keeps her second.
2. Alissa. She seems to be determined to not completely fall apart so she'll be cleanish and rise to third on the strength of having the best spins/spirals in the competition, which will really show in the long.

Or.

1. Mirai. Channels her annoyance about her SP score into a "oh-yeah-i'll-show-them" cleanish peformance that wins her the gold as Kiira fumbles and drops from the podim.
2. Alissa. She seems to be determined to not completely fall apart so she'll be cleanish and rise to second on the strength of having the best spins/spirals in the competition, which will really show in the long.
3. That Japanese skater who I'm about to discover on YouTube.

Course, that Japanese skater-who-I'm-about-to-discover-on-YouTube could just rise to the occasions and beat everyone as the others fumble. But I hope they don't fumble.

Not discounting Mao medaling but it just seems like whatever she is doing is not working at all. Her 3a seems iffier than ever yet she seems to be relying on it as she fixes her other jumps.